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When an Airbnb gives you a new identity
A temporary rental that calls to mind a 1970s house party reminds one writer that houses have a way of shaping what kinds of lives feel possible.
What's the fastest way to get to Dodger Stadium?
In search of the speediest, most efficient way to get to a Dodger game, we test all of the options: biking, driving, public transit, walking.
Malibu's spectacular first beach house
In the days when their family owned all of Malibu, an heiress and a wannabe cowboy built themselves a seaside mansion covered in spectacular tilework. Malibu was eventually sold off piece by piece, but the Adamson House still stands.
Venice Beach wants to leave Los Angeles
The seaside neighborhood, once known for its weirdness and diversity, has gentrified into a wealthy tech enclave. As old and new residents fight for their visions of Venice, could secession from LA be next?
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The problem with believing half the world’s population lives in cities
Alexandra Lange debunks the oft-cited statistic that 50 percent of the world's population lives in cities, and makes a case for why holding on to that number is harming our design discourse.
Is Frank Gehry finally building his dream home?
Construction is underway on two properties where the celebrity architect for years has talked about building his dream home. At the same time, his Los Angeles portfolio is growing, with prominent projects from downtown to the Westside.
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Strip clubs and the new American city
Strip clubs are common in the kind of urban neighborhood that has been overrun by gentrification in the last several years. Now that a richer, slicker demographic has arrived, can they adapt to their new environments?
The most scandalous hotel in old Santa Monica
The enormous Hotel Arcadia, built on a low seaside bluff in the 1880s, was Santa Monica’s first grand hotel. Over the years it was the site of fabulous parties, nasty scandals, and a murder attempt by one of Los Angeles's most prominent citizens.
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How wealthy tourists gentrified a ski town into a housing crisis
Tourism has created the most unequal city in the U.S.
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On Governors Island, a historic monument is prepped for its next century
Placed atop Fort Jay's Archway on Governors Island, the Fort Jay Eagle or the Trophée d’Armes sculpture as it is officially known is now considered one of the earliest examples of a domestically carved monumental sculpture.